(I have done neither yet but plan on doing both by the end of this year and I am much more terrified of the mountain 100)

I have only done a mountain 100, but I can compare a flat 50 to a mountain 50. More hiking when there are mountains and varied terrain means you are using your muscles differently (less repetitive motion so you aren't using the same muscles in the same way all the time). Also generally better scenery in the mountains. Plus you have the downhill to look forward too.

~Sara It's supposed to be hard. If it wasn't hard, everyone would do it. The hard is what makes it great. ~ Jimmy Dugan

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posted: 3/7/2011 at 12:02 PM

Well I can't count to 100, but the downhills in the hard 50s scare me. This may explain a lot about why I'm slow.

Smalcolm, do you consider WP12 to be flattish, or were you thinking of something else?